BIGCCS Annual Report 2009 Final

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BIGCCS CentreInternational CCS Research Centre

Annual Report 2009

Submitted: March 30, 2010


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BIGCCSAN N U A L RE P O R T 2009

CONTENTS

1. Message from the Chairman of the Board . 32. Message from the Centre Director . 43. Summary 54. Vision and Goals ... 65. Research Plan and Strategies . 86. Organization .. 9

6.1. Organizational Structure ... 96.2. Partners . 116.3. Cooperation between Partners .. 12

7. Results from Research Activities . 137.1. Sub-project 1: CO2Capture .. 137.2. Sub-project 2: CO2Transport 147.3. Sub-project 3: CO2Storage 147.4. Sub-project 4: CO2Value Chain 167.5. Sub-project 5: Academia 17

8. International Cooperation .. 189. Recruitment 1910.Communication and Dissemination 2011. Innovation and Centre Building ..... 2112.Health, Safety and Environment . 22

ATTACHMENTS.. 23A1 Personnel ..... 24A2 Accounting Report .. 26A3 Publications . 27

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1. MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

BIGCCS- Targeting international relevance and excellence

A first hectic year of the CEER1BIGCCS- International CCS R&D Centre has passed. Thecentre has managed the start-up process very well and transformed plans into action andscientific frontier research. Does the centre live up to its ambitions of being a trueinternational CCS R&D Centre? My answer is we are getting there. Building trust andrelations with the international R&D community within this area takes time but in theBIGCCS we have the unique possibility to build upon the network our international R&D andindustrial partners cover. Within storage the partners are well positioned along the North Sea

basin and can develop and utilize common knowledge and tools to release the potential ofstorage in this area. The centre is also building upon the strong links across the Atlantic.Within combustion modeling and tools development we enjoy the co-operation with SANDIAand Berkeley. To make the next step in our internationalization effort we need to build evenmore strategic partnerships an endeavor that will take effort and time to achieve. But CCS

will need to be deployed at a global scale and this is one of the features that distinguishes acentre from a project, we have a long term mission to achieve. It is increasingly important thatwe get the right support to make this possible within the operational time of the centre. Beinga centre means that we are also able to adjust the course of R&D and if needed redirect workto areas which become more urgent to address. Emerging areas are carbon negative solutions,co-production of CO2and other materials and capture from industrial sources and off-shoreoperations. Having such a competence pool at hand as in the BIGCCS makes us well preparedto address these new possibilities.

Chairman of the Board

Nils A. Rkke

(Photo: Geir Otto Johansen)

1CEER = Centre for Environmental friendly Energy Research

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2. MESSAGE FROM THE CENTRE DIRECTOR

BIGCCS arranged its Kick-off seminar in Trondheim 22-23 June, 2009, with the ResearchCouncil and all partners represented. Rector of NTNU, Torbjrn Digernes, president ofSINTEF Energy, Sverre Aam, and director of Department for Energy and Petroleum Researchat the Research Council of Norway, Fridtjof Unander gave opening speeches. It was a greatsurprise among the participants as the Centre director Nils Rkke received a phone call fromthe Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg who appeared on video and officially opened BIGCCS.The contract with the Research Council was signed during the NEREC conference October 6 th

by the Director of the Research Council, Arvid Halln and Sverre Aam.

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg opens the BIGCCS

Centre at its Kick-off meeting on June 22

Arvid Halln congratulates Sverre Aam with the

establishment of the BIGCCS Centre on October 6

(Photo: SMK) (Photo: Claude Olsen)

BIGCCS is up and running! Already during the first year the research teams organizedactivities between the partner institutions and showed ability to respond to challenges bycompleting most of the planned deliverables. The industry partners, nine in all, are takingactive part in BIGCCS. They contribute to relevance and quality in research throughinvolvement in the activities and participation in consortium days and the technical meetings,as well as in the Board and the General Assembly meetings. Academia, lead by NTNU, isresponsible for educating 18 PhDs and 8 Postdocs. BIGCCS is a great team to work with andI look forward to the continuation.

Centre Director

Mona J. Mlnvik

(Photo: Gry Kari Stimo)

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3. SUMMARY

The vision of the BIGCCS Centre is to contribute to the ambitious targets in the ClimateAgreement adopted by the Norwegian Parliament in February, 2008. The main objective is todevelop new knowledge and technology in order to enable sustainable power generation fromfossil fuels based on cost-effective CO2capture, safe transport, and underground storage ofCO2. The research topics covered by the BIGCCS Centre require in-depth studies offundamental aspects related to CO2capture, transport, and storage. In-depth research relies ona dual research methodology for which both laboratory experiments and mathematicalmodelling are employed. The Centre has a special focus on enhancing exploration,innovation, and value creation.

BIGCCS is set up with a General Assembly, a Board (nine members), a Scientific Committee,an Exploitation and Innovation Advisory Committee, a Centre Management group, aDirector, and a Centre Manager. Technical committees will be established for the differentSub-projects. The Centre has 21 partners; nine industrial partners, nine research partners, andthree university partners. Partners come from different parts of the business value chain, and

represent both multinational and leading Norwegian companies. Cooperation takes place inspecified project, tasks, and in joint meetings.

The Centre has a matrix structure with five different Sub-projects (SP), where the two latterare horizontally oriented and integrating the first three:

1. SP1: CO2Capture2. SP2: CO2Transport3. SP3: CO2Storage4. SP4: CO2Value Chain5. SP5: Academia

Main activities in 2009 have been to develop proper plans for the research activities, establish

state-of the-art reports for the different sub-projects and tasks, and to commence the researchactivities. Despite a short first year, since the kick-off seminar was held in June, the Centremanaged to complete close to a full years production.

In 2009, one PhD candidate started. In total, the Centre will produce 18 PhDs and eightPostdocs. By and large, this is the only activity the Centre is behind schedule, owing to thelater than expected signing of the Contract with the Research Council of Norway.

Heavy emphasis is put on communication and dissemination of results. Already during thisfirst year of operation, BIGCCS was involved in organizing the Trondheim Conference onCO2 Capture Transport and Storage. Furthermore, a web-site has been set up and popularscience articles have been produced.

Other important aspects for the Centre is innovation and centre building. This cross-cuttingactivity is headed by NTNU Social Research, and work in 2009 centred on developing astrategic plan.

Finally, Health Safety and Environment is of prime concern. All meetings in BIGCCS startwith HSE as the first agenda item. Special measures are taken to ensure the lowest possiblerisk in connection with laboratory activities. No accidents, incidents or near-misses wereregistered in 2009.

The accumulated cost in 2009 was NOK 38.7 million. This includes cash and in-kindcontributions.

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4. VISION AND GOALS

VISION

The vision of the BIGCCS Centre is to contribute to the ambitious targets in the ClimateAgreement adopted by the Norwegian Parliament in February, 2008.

OVERALL OBJECTIVE

The BIGCCS Centre will enable sustainable power generation from fossil fuels based on cost-effective CO2capture, safe transport, and underground storage of CO2. This will be achieved

by building expertise and closing critical knowledge gaps in the CO2chain, and developingnovel technologies in an extensive collaborative research effort.

TANGIBLE OBJECTIVE

To pave the ground for fossil fuel based power generation that employ CO2 capture,

transport and storage with the potential of fulfilling the following targets: 90 % CO2capture rate 50 % cost reduction fuel-to-electricity penalty less than 6 percentage points compared to state-of-the-art

fossil fuel power generation

SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVE

To provide crucial knowledge and a basis for technology breakthroughs required to acceleratethe development and deployment of large-scale CCS enhanced by comprehensiveinternational co-operation. The fulfilment of this objective relies on long-term, targeted basicresearch of high scientific quality, professional management, and international user/partner

involvement.

TECHNOLOGICAL OBJECTIVE

To foster future innovation and value creation within CCS technologies along the whole CO2value chain. To create the basis for new services and products for the user partners originatingfrom the centre activities ranging from novel separation technologies to value creation fromtransport and storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

RECRUITMENT OBJECTIVE

To recruit and educate personnel, of which 50% are women, with first-class competencewithin CCS-related topics (18 PhDs, 8 post-docs, 50 MSc graduates) to ensure recruitment

both to industry and research institutions.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

The following specific scientific objectives have been defined for the BIGCCS Centre:

Capture and systems: Explore novel techniques for pre-combustion, post-combustion andoxy-fuel CO2 capture, including both new and retrofit technologies contributing to costreductions focusing on increased efficiency in CO2separation by: Development of high-temperature membranes and sorbents, and precipitating solvent

systems characterised by improved capacity, minimum degradation and a benignenvironmental impact.

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Continuation the development efforts in the pre-combustion and oxy-fuel combustionarea for key enabling technologies. Contribute to cost reductions through increased gasturbine efficiency and thus plant efficiency.

Assessments of advanced CO2capture techniques to the benefit of other energy intensiveindustries and offshore applications.

Enhancement innovation and value creation by evaluating the realisation potential ofnovel CO2 capture technologies and identify the main challenges to be faced whenintegrating these with industrial processes and point out directions for further researchrelated to the CO2capture technology development.

Transport:Develop a coupled fluid-material fracture assessment model to enable safe andcost-effective design and operation of CO2 pipelines by improving the fundamentalunderstanding of the interaction between the mechanical and fluid dynamical behaviour.

Storage: Development of in-depth knowledge enabling long-term and safe storage of CO2by: Qualification and management of CO2 storage recourses by generating fundamental

knowledge through interpretation of geological data from wells, geophysical data and

understanding of basin history. Developing the understanding and description of interactions of CO2 with the storage

volumes to give the scientific basis required for establishing safe geological CO2storage. Improving CO2 storage safety by combining geophysical monitoring methods with

reservoir fluid flow simulations to reduce the uncertainties of time-lapse geophysicalmeasurements. Improve detection and quantification of possible CO2leakage rates fromgeological storage, and describe preventive and corrective actions to handle potentialleakages.

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5. RESEARCH PLAN AND STRATEGIES

RESEARCH APPROACH

The research topics covered by the BIGCCS Centre require in-depth studies of fundamental

aspects related to CO2capture, CO2transport, and CO2storage. In-depth research relies on adual research methodology for which both laboratory experiments and mathematicalmodelling are employed. The modelling and experimental activities share the same theory orhypotheses, and seek answers to the same questions from different points of view. There is atwo-way coupling between the modelling and experimental work: Experiments are necessaryfor developing and verifying models. At the same time, developing and understanding modelswill lead to an improved understanding of the described phenomena.

In the BIGCCS Centre, research will take place within international networks of scientists,including the participation of world-class experts. The emphasis will be on building ofexpertise through quality research at a high international level, both within the research tasks,the post-doctoral work, and through the education of PhDs. New knowledge will in part be

gained through an integrated assessment where the realisation potential of novel CO2capturetechnologies is revealed when these are integrated with industrial processes, supporting thedevelopment of research strategies for the Centre. In CO2 transport, the combination oftheories and models describing pipeline fracture resistance and CO2fluid dynamics requires acoupled analysis of the problem using different numerical simulation methods that will createimproved understanding of the two-way influence between the CO2fluid and the pipeline. InCO2storage, the basic knowledge of CO2behaviour in the reservoir and rock mechanics wheninfluenced by CO2will be used in aggregated reservoir and basin models.

METHODS FOR INNOVATION

The BIGCCS Centre is developed with special focus on enhancing exploration, innovation

and value creation. Since innovation has often proved to occur in the interface betweendisciplines, and is an area of research itself, the Centre has a separate activity lead by StudioApertura (NTNU Social Research). The responsibility of Studio Apertura is to develop andfollow up an innovation assessment process to ensure that the attention in the BIGCCS Centreresearch tasks is also on the potential commercial value of technology. The research tasks areorganised to increase interaction between disciplines and expert groups.

Creative workshops, the Consortium Day, and the Exploration and Innovation AdvisoryCommittee will enhance innovation. In addition, the three phases of the Centre period, ofwhich the first two end with an evaluation and recommendation for the next phase, will directthe Centre towards fields of promising research and ideas. Overall, the research-based transferof knowledge and technology will enhance the potential for innovation and value creation,hence this emphasis on innovative technologies with a potential for enabling CCS ensures thatthe concept of additionality is fulfilled.2

2Additionality as described in Kyoto's Clean Development Mechanism, i.e. the measure would nothave been realised without the incentive provided for it by the mechanism

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6. ORGANIZATION

The BIGCCS Consortium is made up of highly ranked research institutes and universities,and strong industry partners that include international oil and gas companies, energycompanies, process industry, engineering companies, and CCS technology vendors. All the

partners in the BIGCCS Centre are major players within CCS, and will have extensive CCSactivity also outside of the Centre. By strengthening the competence building andtechnological development through industry involvement, the BIGCCS Consortium is built tosecure the premises for innovation and value creation.

6.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

The BIGCCS Centre is organised along topically oriented research areas. In order to managethis large interdisciplinary research centre, a management framework is set up to ensureautonomy, information exchange, governance, and clearly defined responsibilities. The

governing structure is shown in the figure below.General Assembly (GA)

All partners + EB chairman

Lead: Appointed by Centre

coordinator

Board

Lead: SINTEF ER

9 representatives: 5 industry,

4 R&D and university including

SINTEF and NTNU.

Centre coordinator (SINTEF ER)

Centre Management Group (CMG)

Centre coordinator, CMT and SP leaders

Centre Management Team (CMT)

Centre Manager coordinatingadministrative, financial, legal issues

Technical Committees

SP leaders and industry

representatives

Exploitation and Innovation

Advi sor y Comm ittee

Industry lead

All industry partners represented

Scientific Committee

NTNU Lead

Leading international

capabilities

SP1

CO2 Capture

SP2CO2 Transport

SP3

CO2 Storage

SP5Academ ia

SP4CO2 Value chain

General Assembly (GA)

All partners + EB chairman

Lead: Appointed by Centre

coordinator

Board

Lead: SINTEF ER

9 representatives: 5 industry,

4 R&D and university including

SINTEF and NTNU.

Centre coordinator (SINTEF ER)

Centre Management Group (CMG)

Centre coordinator, CMT and SP leaders

Centre Management Team (CMT)

Centre Manager coordinatingadministrative, financial, legal issues

Technical Committees

SP leaders and industry

representatives

Exploitation and Innovation

Advi sor y Comm ittee

Industry lead

All industry partners represented

Scientific Committee

NTNU Lead

Leading international

capabilities

SP1

CO2 Capture

SP2CO2 Transport

SP3

CO2 Storage

SP5Academ ia

SP4CO2 Value chain

BIGCCS governance structure

Sub-project (SP) leaders: coordinating the research tasks of the sub-projects. Task leaders:preparing plans and executing the research in accordance with budgets and

deliverables defined in approved task plans and within the Centre contracts. Scientific committee: advisory committee with leading international academic

capabilities giving guidance to the Centre towards the scientific progress. Exploitation and Innovation Advisory Committee: includes all user partners of the

Centre, evaluating the commercial potentials of evolving technology and identifyopportunities for spin-off projects.

Technical Committee(s): advisory committees established for specific research topics toensure knowledge transfer between Centre partners and will include representatives bothfrom R&D providers and industry.

Centre Management Team (CMT):responsible for the day-to-day operations. Centre Management Group (CMG): includes CMT and the SP leaders, responsible for

carrying out the operations of the Centre. Board: operative decision-making body of the Centre. General Assembly: ultimate decision-making body, ensuring that operations are carriedout in accordance with the Consortium Agreement.

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WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE

The work breakdown structure is shown in the figure below.

DisseminationJon Magne Johansen

(Deputy Centre Manager)

Innovation andcentre building

Per Morten SchiefloeTone Merethe Berg Aasen

Task 1.1 (SINTEF MC)CO2 Separation

SINTEF MCRichard Blom

Task 1.2 (SINTEF MC)HT MembranesParto Henriksen

Task 1.3 (SINTEF ER)Hydrogen combustion

Andrea Gr uber

Task 1.4 (SINTEF ER)Oxy-fuel combustionand FGR combustion

Mario Ditaranto

Task 1.5 (SINTEF ER)Appli catio n to i ndus try

and offshorePetter E Rkke

Task 1.6 (SINTEF ER)Integrated assessment

Kristin Jordal

SP 1CO2 CaptureSINTEF MCRune Bredesen

Task 2.1 (SINTEF MC)CO2 integrity

Cato Drum

SP 2CO2 Transport

SINTEF ERSvend Tollak Munkejord

Task 3.1 (SINTEF PR)Qualification and management

of storage resourcesJan ge Stensen

Task 3.2 (SINTEF PR)Storage behaviour

SINTEF PRDag Wessel-Berg

Task 3.3 (SINTEF PR)Monitoring, leakage

and remediationMenno Dillen

SP 3CO2 StorageSINTEF PR

Marie-Laure Olivier

Task 4.1 (SINTEF ER)CO2 chain analysis,

env. impacts and safetyAmy B runs vold

Task 4.2 (CICERO)Economy and policy incentives

for the CO2 chainAsbj rn Torv anger

SP 4CO2 Value Chain

SINTEF ERJana P. Jakobsen

PhD program

Post-doc program

Researcher exchange

SP5Acad emia

NTNUTruls Gundersen

Centremanagement

Mona J. Mlnvik (Centre Dirtector)Rune Aarlien (Centre Manager)

BIGCCS work structure breakdown

The BIGCCS Centre is built as a matrix organisation, where all activities supporting theambition of the Centre will be coordinated, evaluated, and reported. The Centre managementwill conduct centre-specific strategic activities for releasing the full potential of the Centre:

Centre building and distributive work processes: The objectives are to clarifyexpectations, to facilitate development of the overall plans for the Centre, and to facilitatedistributed work processes. In particular, the tasks Integrated assessmentand CO2chainrely on close collaboration with the other tasks. Another aim is to establish arenas for

building personal relations and knowledge exchange to release the added value of theCentre, e.g., annual Consortium Days, technical meetings and active use of the BIGCCSIntranet for sharing information.

Promoting innovation: Actions will be to raise the consciousness of the partnerspertaining to the identification of opportunities for innovation and to facilitate creativeworkshops where research challenges are combined with the complementarycomprehensions of the Center partners in order to release the potential for overcomingscientific hurdles. Assessments of research results from the subprojects will also be

presented as a basis for the expert panel of industry representatives to evaluate thecommercial potential of evolving technologies.

Synthesis of Centre results:The Centre management coordinates a collaborative task forsynthesis of Centre results measured against the scientific and technological objectives.By the end of the proposed Centre period, this task will provide recommendations on

paths for potential innovation and value creation as well as for future R&D within CCS.A public version will be made available and will serve as a major deliverable from theCentre. The task will also conduct a scientific review of all Centre activities and preparedecision basis for Board to consolidate activities and budgets before Phase II and PhaseIII of the BIGCCS Centre.

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6.2 PARTNERS

The following organizations have been partners in the BIGCCS Centre during 2009:

INDUSTRY PARTIES:

Aker Solutions: Leading global provider of engineering and construction, technologyproducts, execution, service and integrated solutions within oil and gas and processindustry.

ConocoPhilips Scandinavia: Oil and gas company. Involved in several CCS R&Dprojects. Involved in CO2Capture Project (CCP2), U.S. DOE Regional Partnerships, EUprograms: CO2ReMoVe, Cachet, CO2Net, and an Australian effort called CO2CRC

Det Norske Veritas: Risk assessment related to CCS, involved in several R&D projectswithin CCS.

Gassco: Operator of natural gas transport and processing systems, responsible fordevelopment of CO2 transport concepts at Krst and Mongstad, CO2 capture fromindustrial applications.

Hydro: Hydro is a supplier of aluminium and aluminium products. Based in Norway, thecompany employs 23,000 people in 40 countries and has activities on all continents. Shell Technology Norway: Oil and gas company. Involved in several R&D projects on

CCS, such as Dynamis, DECARBit. Industrial partner in Test Centre Mongstad. Statkraft: Energy company. Involved in several R&D projects within CCS. A pioneer

trader in green energy products such as Guarantees of Origin, Renewable EnergyCertificates (RECS) and CO2quotas.

Statoil: Oil and gas company. Involved in several CCS R&D projects. Experience in CO2transport and storage (Sleipner, Snhvit, In Salah), building a CO2 capture plant atMongstad.

TOTAL E&P: Involved in several R&D projects within CCS (ENCAP, CO2 Remove)and the Lacq Region Pilot. Partner in Snhvit.

RESEARCH INSTITUTES:

British Geological Survey (BGS): World leader in science and geophysical research intothe structure of underground reservoirs for CO2. Work committed in SP3 CO2storage.

CICERO: Global climate change, international climate policy, key policy institute forclimate change.

Deutsche Zentrum fr Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR): Advanced measurementtechniques for combustion, large scale high-pressure combustion facilities, expertise ondetailed kinetic chemistry.

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS): Pioneer in CO2 storageoptions, co-ordinator of the EU FP6 Geocapacity, works in opportunities for CO 2storagein Europe, work committed in SP3 CO2storage.

Norges Geologiske Underskelse (NGU): Government agency, bedrock, mineralresources, surficial deposits and groundwater.

NTNU Social Research: Organisation and management structure development. Workprocesses and innovation. Studio Apertura is involved in the Centre building andinnovation processes.

SINTEF Energy Research (Host Institution): Thermo and fluid dynamics, combustion,modelling, modelling and integration. Project coordination and management. MajorEuropean R&D provider within CCS.

SINTEF Petroleum Research: Petroleum and reservoir technology, geo sciences.Modelling of possible escape from stored CO

2, long- and short-term behaviour of CO

2in

the geological environment.

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SINTEF - SINTEF Materials and Chemistry: Thermo-chemical conversion, processsimulation and optimization; chemistry; materials synthesis, characterization anddevelopment.

UNIVERSITIES:

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU): Thermo-chemicalconversion, chemistry, unit and process modelling and integration, petroleum andreservoir technology, geo sciences.

TU Mnchen (TUM): Combustion experiments and modelling, specialised in reactiveflows, transport phenomena and thermo acoustics. Cooperation with Alstom, highestranked university research university in Germany.

University of Oslo (UiO): Thermo-chemical conversion, chemistry.

6.3 COOPERATION BETWEEN PARTNERS

TASKS

Cooperation between the research and industry partners takes place at the Task-level. Taskleaders coordinate activities and organize separate meetings between the relevant partners.Typically, researchers find demanding and active partners extremely stimulating, andtherefore emphasis in 2009 has been put on involving all partners as actively as possible.

SUB-PROJECTS

Sub-Project leaders coordinate the efforts of the different Tasks. At least two joint meetingsare held annually for all tasks with focus on developing research strategies and onorganizational issues. In 2009, such meetings have been held both with and without industrial

partners. In order to stimulate the work in the different Sub-Projects, there is a possibility toestablish for each SP a Technical Committee (TC) consisting of partner representatives. Theaim is to challenge and advise the researchers on technical issues. Establishment of TCs has

been discussed in 2009, and the first ones will be set up in 2010.

CONSORTIUM DAY

The Centre organizes one Consortium Day annually in May. At this event all Tasks, Sub-Projects, and partner institutions are invited, and the intention is to provide a snapshot of lastyears activities and results. The 2009 Consortium Day attracted more than 70 attendees.

CENTRE MANAGEMENT GROUP

The Centre Management Group (CMG) consists of the SP leaders, leaders for the centrebuilding and dissemination activities, the Centre Director and the Centre Manager.Representatives from SINTEF Energy Research, Petroleum Research, Materials andChemistry, as well as NTNU Social Research are present. The CMG had 11 meetings during2009, and will likely have 20 or more meetings in 2010. The focus of the CMG is to ensurethat the annual work programme is carried out according to plan, and to oversee the day-today operations.

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7. RESULTS FROM RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

7.1 CO2CAPTURE SP1

SP1 consists of the following six tasks: Task 1.1: CO2separation Task 1.2: High temperature membranes Task 1.3: Hydrogen combustion Task 1.4: Oxy-fuel combustion and flue gas recirculation combustion Task 1.5: Application to industry and offshore Task 1.6: Integrated assessment

Task 1.1 CO2Capture: Work is devoted to solvent systems and high temperature particulateCO2-sorbents. A solvent system model supporting the operation of power plants has beenimplemented for studying how the absorber works with variations in flue gas flow (dynamicmodeling). An experimental setup for measurement of vapor-liquid-solid equilibriums has

been designed to study the phases formed in precipitating CO2 capture systems at realconditions. For high temperature CO2-sorbents, the main work has been to construct a hightemperature/high pressure rig for investigations of reaction kinetics and long-term stability of

powders in sorption/desorption cycling. In addition to power generation, the CO2-sorbentsstudied may also have other applications in CO2capture processes.

Task 1.2 High Temperature Membranes: Novel hydrogen separation membrane materials forhydrogen transport membranes (HTM) have been synthesized, characterized, compacted andsintered as dense pellets. The H2 permeation was investigated at ambient pressure in thetemperature range 400-800C with a controlled hydrogen partial pressure gradient across themembrane. The preliminary results, corrected for leakage, indicate a stable and rather high H2

permeability at temperatures above 400C. A new gas system with distributed work stationssuited for membrane testing in various atmospheres was installed in the new SINTEFmembrane process laboratory. The gas pipeline infrastructure contains 7 standard gases andworks up to 40 bar. A high pressure/high temperature balance is connected to the gas lines,while H2S is provided through a different gas system. A PhD candidate at the University ofOslo is connected to the work on HTMs.

Task 1.3 Hydrogen Combustion: The initial work is to provide a qualitative mapping andquantitative determination of the fundamental processes that characterize combustion ofhydrogen rich mixtures, with focus on stable and safe flame propagation in lean pre-mixedcombustion at gas turbine condition. Achievements 2009 are: 1) Formalization ofcollaborative work between SINTEF, UC Berkeley and Sandia NL, 2) Computer hardware

acquired for extension of computational capability, 3) Preliminary setup and testing of thedirect numerical simulation tool has been performed for hydrogen-air premixed flamepropagation.

Task 1.4: Oxy-fuel Combustion and Flue Gas Recirculation Combustion: focuses oncombustion related technological challenges associated with the implementation of oxy-fuelcombustion alternatives for CCS. The main activity has been to specify and design anexperimental high pressure combustion facility dedicated to the study of oxy-fuel combustion(100 kW, 10 bar). The hardware construction has been started and commissioning is plannedin 2010. A preliminary testing study of a light oil burner adapted to oxy-fuel operation has

been performed that highlighted the main difficulties in the retrofitting process. Emissionswere however in a similar range as for air operation, but remains to be confirmed. The third

axis of the Task 1.4 was collaborating with Task 1.6 in providing inputs and constraints fromcombustion for the analysis and efficiency evaluation of novels cycles based on oxy-fuel.

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Task 1.5 Application to Industry and Offshore: The objective is to assess and evaluate thepotential for CCS in other industries and offshore, hence contribute to added value for theCentre partners. The aim is also to engage the partners to ensure relevance of the work to be

performed, and to ensure sufficient input data for further research. Within year 1, the workwas initiated with a workshop where most industrial partners were present to discuss and givefeedback on planned work. Presentations were given by four of the industrial partners,emphasising the important fields within their respective companies. More detailed plans were

produced where it was suggested how to approach the case studies, ensuring a sufficient R&Dcontent of the work.

Task 1.6: Integrated Assessment: This task is subdivided into three work packages: unitdesign and modelling; process design and benchmarking; and interaction between researchtasks. The main 2009 objectives for the respective tasks were: initiate membrane reactormodelling and complete preparations with regard to modelling strategy and tools; build andestablish reference a gas turbine cycle with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) technology; and

provide an overview and bring awareness of interdependencies between all research tasks in

SP1. In the first work package a preparatory study was carried out with respect to modellingstrategies and screening and selection of modelling tools. In the second, a reference case wasestablished for gas turbines with EGR, and a journal paper about this work was written. In thethird work package a memo with key parameters, boundary conditions and interdependenciesfor key processes in tasks 1.11.6 was prepared, based on information gathered from therespective ongoing activities.

7.2 CO2TRANSPORT SP2

SP2 has one task: Task 2.1: CO2integrity

The main objective is to develop a coupled (fluid-structure) fracture assessment model toenable safe and cost-effective design and operation of CO2 pipelines by improving thefundamental understanding of the interaction between the mechanical and fluid dynamical

behaviour.

The research-performing partners are SINTEF ER (thermo and fluid dynamics) and SINTEFMC (structural mechanics). The development of the coupled model will proceed in closecollaboration between the two research groups, and by gradual refinement. In 2009, a conceptfor a first, simplified, model was developed. This is to be implemented in 2010.

Two PhD candidates and one postdoc will work in this task. The first PhD candidate wasemployed in September 2009, and the working title of the doctoral project is Mathematical

modelling and numerical simulation of two-phase multi-component flows of CO2mixtures inpipes.

In 2009, the work resulted in one conference article and two conference presentations beingpublished. Further, one article was submitted to a journal and one abstract to a conference.

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7.3 CO2STORAGE SP3

SP3 consists of the following tasks: Task 3.1: Qualification and management of storage resources Task 3.2: Storage behaviour

Task 3.3: Monitoring, leakage and remediation

Task 3.1 Qualification and Management of Storage Resources: Work deals with developmentof geomechanics and basin modelling codes. New codes on reservoir geomechanics (MDEM

Discrete Element Method - and FLUID) were performed to improve the modelling ofgeomechanical behaviour during CO2 injection. This method aims to predict the creation ofnew fractures or crack propagation from pre-existing fractures and faults. Furthermore, theSnhvit area (Tuben formation) has been evaluated to test necessary development onsecondary migration codes (Pressim and Semi) for modelling long-term CO2migration. TheSnhvit area is believed to be an interesting test case, and this dataset has been released forthis project.

Efforts are also devoted to storage site capacity and qualification activities. A review ofcurrent approaches for assessing CO2 storage site capacity has been accomplished. Thisreview will form a basis for more sophisticated dynamic flow simulation approaches forassessing storage capacity. A study on simultaneous CO2injection and water production wasconducted for optimizing the exploitation of CO2storage resources. Two different aquifers inthe North Sea (the Utsira and the Johansen formations) were studied. In order to utilise morethan 1% of the available pore space, massive water production from the formation will benecessary to constrain pressure build-up to within safe limits and to avoid interference withother future storage projects in the same hydraulic unit. A number of large-scale flow modelsof Bunter Sandstone (UK sector of North Sea) have been generated. The models will assessthe impact of boundary conditions, particularly at the regional scale. Results from dynamicsimulations will be compared with estimates derived by existing static methods to determine

the validity of static approaches for open, closed and semi-closed systems. The Cap Toscanaformation at Svalbard is being studied as a potential storage formation for CO2 from theLongyearbyen coal fired power plant. Pressure evolution in conceptual regional models in theDanish area has been studied by numerical simulation. The important decision is whether alocal model can be treated as a closed system in respect to the surrounding aquifer(s) or if itshould be modelled as an open system. Preliminary simulations show that the aquifer pressureevolution is fast and the pressure wave extends far away from the injected CO2plume.

Task 3.2 Storage Behaviour: Both experimental and theoretical studies of geochemical andgeomechanical effects of CO2on the cap rock and reservoir are on-going. BGS has carried outa set of long-term batch experiments to assess the reactivity of CO2 and pore water withSleipner cap rock and wellbore materials. Tests have been running since July 2005, and will

be continued to provide the longest experiments yet undertaken (up to 7 years). SINTEFPetroleum Research has carried out punch testing of shale samples in order to quantify theeffect of CO2-water on cap rock strength. The test programme will continue in 2010. Areview of literature with focus on geochemical aspects of rock-water related to subsurfaceinjection and storage of CO2 in aquifers has been performed. GEUS has conductedexperiments to study drying-out effects on various minerals and under varying conditions.

Also, a study of diffusion induced convection mechanisms in presence of heterogeneities hasbeen performed. This study extends former work on the gravitational instability of a diffusiveboundary layer in a semi-infinite anisotropic porous medium. This instability behaviourshould be seen as an upside for underground CO2 storage, as dissolution is an important

aspect for retaining the CO2in the underground for thousands of years. The Pressim softwarehas been evaluated for modelling the effects of CO2on pressure.

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In terms of dissemination and education, mediation activities to the general public havestarted with Youth Talent Climate Summit 09 and International Youth Climate Summit Climate-TV. Two abstracts were submitted to GHGT-10 (geomechanical properties andupscaling of CO2storage). Finally, the process of engaging PhD- and PostDoc candidates wasstarted, and the evaluating and interviewing candidates are in progress.Task 3.3 Monitoring, Leakage and Remediation: Several monitoring tools and models forCO2injection and storage are to be developed and tested: CSEM(Marine Controlled Source ElectroMagnetics), as an early stage feasibility study,

is successful and the change in injected volume can be detected. FWI(Full Waveform Inversion): although better results can be obtained with larger offset

ranges, the real offset range from the Sleipner data still allows a proper reconstruction ofthe Vp velocities in the CO2plume.

A gravity modelling study was made to estimate if 4D CO2effects can be observed usinggravity data. Results indicate that a CO2 reservoir can be monitored over time.

Accurate mapping of the development of reflectivity in the CO2Sleipner plume and alsothe velocity pushdown on deeper layers beneath the plume are challenging. So far

horizons and pushdown up to the 2006 survey have been mapped. Time-frequency spectral decomposition techniques have been applied to the time-lapse

surface seismic data (3D and high resolution 2D) at Sleipner. Application of this tool tothe topmost layer on the 2006 dataset reveals strong tuning effects and the capability ofmapping travel-time layer thicknesses.

An integrated package of research into processes controlling flow of CO2 in reservoirsand how these may be elucidated by analysis of the time-lapse seismic monitoringdatasets is being developed.

GEUS is developing a catalogue of reservoir models, using conceptual structure andactual data from geological settings giving rise to layered reservoirs, e.g. fluvial systemsand near-shore depositional systems with sea-level fluctuations.

Intensive laboratory tests have been performed at SINTEF Petroleum Research to measurewave velocity changes and strain response to stress changes that mimic those occurring withina storage site and in the cap rock above it. The geomechanical response observed in theselaboratory experiments indicates an increasing risk of failure in the reservoir as well as theoverburden for the case of injection above the initial pore pressure. A study on the aspects ofdesigning CO2wells, remediation actions, and methodology for evaluation of well integrityafter permanent abandonment, were developed. The process of engaging PhD- and PostDoccandidates within Geophysics and Geomechanics for CO2storage has started.

7.4 CO2VALUE CHAIN SP4

SP4 has two tasks: Task 4.1: CO2chain analysis, environmental impacts and safety Task 4.2: Economy and policy incentives for the CO2chain

Task 4.1 CO2 chain analysis, environmental impacts and safety: The aim is to develop acommon framework for CCS chain assessment including analysis of techno-economiccriteria, risk, and environmental impacts associated with CCS chains. In 2009, thedevelopment of the common framework was initiated during first SP4 workshop. During theworkshop, common understanding of project objectives and common vocabulary wereestablished, main challenges and milestones as well as possibilities for co-operation across theworking packages were identified, and common strategy for the organization and co-operation within SP4 was established. Further important achievements on the level of the

particular working package activities were:

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Establishing state-of-the-art in LCA studies on CCS including a literature review ofvarious LCA studies on CCS chain components and a review of available LCAtechniques and software.

Choosing SimaPro 7 to be used initially to collect, analyze and monitor theenvironmental performance of CCS chains in SP4.

Participation in a PhD course on Energy markets at NTNU.

Planning future work on flexibility. Summary on state-of-the-art in risk management models and ongoing projects, and

initial proposal for the overall conceptual model for risk assessment of CCS chains. Development of a common working framework for SP4 initial ideas summarized

and submitted as an abstract to GHG-10.

Task 4.2 Economy and policy incentives for the CO2chain: The aim is to develop scenariosfor CCS development and deployment and to develop a stochastic model for investmentdecisions. This work will improve stakeholders' understanding of possible future value ofCCS technologies and therefore also provide a better knowledge basis for spending money onR&D on CCS and investments in such technologies. In 2009, the potential of CCS to reduce

global CO2 emissions was explored, as well as CCS' dependency on major economic andpolicy conditions. Furthermore an economic model has been developed to analyzestakeholders' understanding of CCS technologies and related uncertainties. The major resultswere summarized in two technical reports:

Technical report on prospects for CCS Technical report on investor decisions on CCS

The scoping study and modelling work initiated in 2009 will provide a basis for the nextresearch phase of SP4 Task 2.

7.5 ACADEMIA SP5

Due to later than expected signing of the Consortium Agreement for BIGCCS, with signatureprocedures taking place between June and September, the initial recruitment was considerablydelayed. Therefore, only one PhD student was recruited in 2009 with a formal starting date of1stSeptember. The candidate, Alexandre Morin, is assigned to Task 2.1 on CO2integrity, andthe topic of his thesis is suggested to be Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation oftwo-phase multi-component flows of CO2 mixtures in pipes. Even though the student hasonly been assigned to BIGCCS for four months, and the main focus in all PhD programsinitially is on the compulsory courses, he produced one publication. The title was Numericalresolution of CO2 transport dynamics, and it was published at SIAM Conference onMathematics for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers, San Francisco, California, USA,October, 2009.

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8. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

International cooperation is a central and integrated part of the BIGCCS Centre activities.Through the participation of strong European industry partners and highly rankedinternational R&D providers in the Consortium, the BIGCCS Centre has a high international

profile. Seven nations are currently represented, including the industrial internationalparticipation of ConocoPhillips (USA/Norway), TOTAL (France/Norway), Shell(Netherlands/Norway), and the active collaborative contributions of the research institutesDLR (Germany), TUM (Germany), GEUS (Denmark), and BGS (UK). In addition, severalresearch groups work in close collaboration with researchers from other international researchinstitutes and universities. The partners will play active roles within the various researchtasks, and as members of the Committees. Below are listed some of the 2009 activities.

COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GROUPS OUTSIDE BIGCCS

SINTEF Energy Research has established a contract with University of Berkley (California,USA) where SINTEF ER will provide partial funding for two PhD candidates. Headed by

Professor Robert Dibble, University of Berkley is one of the world leading research groups oncombustion. The intention is that this cooperation will be included in the BIGCCS Centre.Studying turbulent combustion, the PhD candidates have already started their projects.

SINTEF ER has also established a close collaboration with the Combustion Research Facilityat Sandia National Laboratory, USA, which is the U.S. Department of Energys premier sitefor broad-based research in combustion technology. Of great value to researchers and studentsis the commitment and guidance of the world-class experts Drs. Jackie Chen and Alan R.Kerstein. A formal collaboration agreement between SINTEF ER and Sandia NL is presentlyin progress, and the aim is that also this partnership will be included in the BIGCCS Centre.

COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

No formal cooperation is yet established, however, BIGCCS personnel are activelyparticipating in activities spearheaded by the following international organizations:International Energy Agency, The European Energy Research Alliance, Global CCS InstituteAustralia), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan),CORIA-Universit de Rouen (France), Corning S.A. (France), Air Liquide (France), SGU(Sweden), TNO (the Netherlands), IFP (France), Colorado School of Mines (USA), and FreieUniversitt Berlin (Germany).

ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES,WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

BIGCCS personnel have participated in the organization of the following events: The 5thTrondheim Conference on CO2Capture, Transport and Storage, Trondheim,

June 16-17, 2009 Preparations forIEA Summer Schoolon CCS (to be held in 2010) Consortium Dayfor BIGCCS, Trondheim, November 17, 2009 BIGCCS Kick-off Seminar, Trondheim, Norway, June 22, 2009

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Plans have been developed for establishing the Scientific Committee (SC). Of prime concernis of course to find a group of highly skilled individuals, but members will also be chosen

based on international networking, i.e. engaging members outside the BIGCCS family. The

SC will be formally established in 2010.

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9. RECRUITMENT

The aim is for BIGCCS to produce 18 PhDs and 8 Postdoc candidates. The firstannouncement for PhDs and Postdocs, in total eight positions, had deadline November 20,2009. PhD and Postdoc fellowships were announced in the following focus areas:

Capture and separation Geophysics and geomechanics for CO2storage Reservoir technology and engineering for CO2storage CO2pipeline integrity

Results concerning quality and suitability of the applicants were variable. Nevertheless, somegood candidates were selected, and others have also been identified by various means. Theoutlook for recruitments in 2010, therefore, is promising. It is expected that the number ofPhDs and Postdocs will increase to around 15 during 2010, most of these starting their studiesin the second half of 2010.

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10. COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION

BIGCCS will be a source for objective information on status and potentials of CCS at severallevels, i.e. for the research community, for decision makers, and for the public. Differentinstruments and communication channels are used for the different target groups. Below ismentioned some of the work conducted in 2009.

CONFERENCES

The BIGCCS Centre receives a high public profile by organising bi-annually The TrondheimConference on CO2 Capture Transport and Storage, which has become a major scientificCCS conference. The last one was held in 2009, and planning for the next one in 2011 isalready in progress. It is also the ambition of the BIGCCS Centre to organize one of the nextGHGT-conference.

WEB

An Internet homepage has been established for the Centre, see: www.bigccs.com. The pageincludes sub-pages titled: partners, sub-projects, events, news, publications, links,recruitment, and contacts. The intention is that this web-page will contain informationrelevant to all BIGCCS target groups. During 2009 the work with an animation video wasstarted. The video, which will be completed in 2010, aims at demonstrating in a simple andeasy-to-understand way what CCS is and why it is important. The web-page also includes theopening address at the kick-off seminar by Norways Prime Minister, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg.

POPULAR SCIENCE

Aiming at disseminating information also to the broad public, the popular science format willbe important. In 2009, BIGCCS established contact with the magazine Illustrated Science

(Illustrert Vitenskap). Interviews have been done, and a feature article will appear in 2010.Two other popular science type articles were published in Samfunnskonomen and in theCLIMIT Newsletter.

NEW CENTRE PARTNERS

Quite some efforts have been undertaken during 2009 to acquire new partners to the BIGCCSCentre. Several high-ranking potential partners have been approached, and at least for a few,the possibility for joining the Centre is real.

PRESENTATIONS

Information on the BIGCCS Centre has also been given at a series of meetings and seminars,both nationally and internationally.

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11. INNOVATION AND CENTRE BUILDING

The starting point related to this task, was a lecture on innovation on BIGCCS internal kick-off in April 2009. Next was the organization of a workshop on BIGCCS Kick-off in June2009. The theme for this workshop, which included all partners and participants in the centre,was What is success in BIGCCS? i.e. identifying expected success criteria for BIGCCS.The input from the participants were categorized related to different types of objectives:Effect objectives (what is the overall effect we aim for?), result objectives (which arethe specific products we think are needed to render probable the desired effect this iscounting edges like number of publications, patents, students, etc), and processobjectives (how do we cooperate to obtain the desired results, and to ensure the

performance of the effect objectives). It can be noted that most suggestions aboutpremises for success of the BIGCCS Centre were about process objectives, and thanmany of these suggestions were connected to a perceived need to ensure communication

between all partners in the Centre. It can be mentioned that the typology of objectiveshas been used for process-oriented analytical purposes in SP4, and that the theme ofcommunication and cooperation formed the basis for a workshop in SP1 planned and

facilitated via this task.

To follow up on this work, the result from the kick-off workshop was used as input andbackground to start the work with a strategy for BIGCCS centre building. In addition todiscussions in the regular meetings in Centre Management Group (CMG), strategic

perspectives were focused in a workshop organized for CMG October 28-29, 2009.Through this work, five areas for the Strategy for Centre Building were identified: (1)Internationalization, (2) Dissemination and public awareness, (3) Innovation, (4)Academic education and (5) BIGCCS centre work processes. It is probable that the workrelated to the development of a strategy for Centre building has contributed to thedevelopment of CMG as a team.

The next step to continue this work is to make and facilitate the production of a strategy-document during the spring of 2010. The plan will be completed in May, 2010, and thedocument will be presented for the Board for approval.

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12. HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT

As the overall objective of the BIGCCS Centre is to enable sustainable power generationfrom fossil fuels based on cost-effective and safe CO2 capture, transport and storage, theenvironmental impacts are imbedded in the objective since the main focus is in-depthknowledge and technologies for GHG avoidance. For the Centre, a 90% CO2capture rate istargeted. Although this emission is far less than conventional gas power generation, a 10%emission rate may have some environmental impact. In SP4, CO2value chain, application ofLife Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology for analysing environmental impacts throughoutthe CO2chain associated with alternative scenarios for CCS deployment is used.

The project involves no experiments with persons, no personal data, and no risk for humans,animals or nature. There is nothing about the means or methods in the project that violates thevalues of society.

SINTEF Energy Research conducts all its projects according to the NORSOK Standard S-006, HSE Evaluation of Contractors, and the Consortium Agreement commits the partners

to use HSE regulations in line with the NORSOK Standard. This includes a stringentevaluation of criteria and guidelines of environmental impacts of planned activities.

FIRST THINGS FIRST

On a practical level, all BIGCCS meetings haveHSE as the first agenda item. As a minimum,fire escape routes are explained. Also, the Consortium Agreement requires all Partners toreport immediately and without undue delay to the Host Institution any accidents, incidents ornear misses in connection with BIGCCS activities. This issue is dealt with at each Boardmeeting.No accidents, incidents or near misses have been reported during 2009.

SAFETY IN LABORATORIES

HSE issues have been highly focused in the establishment of two new laboratories at SINTEFMaterials and Chemistry in Oslo. The Material and Process laboratories are partly funded byBIGCCS. One of these laboratories is equipped with safety measures allowing for the use offlammable and toxic gases. Preventive safety measures include hydrogen and carbonmonoxide detection systems connected to automatic switches closing off the gas feedingsystem in case of an emergency. The other laboratory is specially equipped to test gasescontaining hydrogen sulphide (H2S). The ventilation of the room has been upgraded and isnow separated from the ventilation in the rest of the building. Sensors to detect leakage ofH2S have been installed, and equipment such as high pressure TG is installed in a separatehood.

SINTEF Energy Research will, during 2010, introduce a mandatory CO2safety course for alllaboratory personnel working with CO2. The course focuses on the potentially harmful

physiological effects of CO2, potential consequences of the high pressures, problems with dryice, and public regulations.

HESANNUAL REPORT

The Board has suggested that a separate HSE annual report is produced each, and the first onewill be issued for 2010. The format for such a report is under development.

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ATTACHMENTS

ATTACHMENT 1:PERSONNEL

ATTACHMENT 2:ACCOUNTING REPORT

ATTACHMENT 3:PUBLICATIONS

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A1. PERSONNEL

KEY RESEARCHERS

Name Institution SP Main Research Area

Berstad, David SINTEF ER 1 CO2capture technologyBlom, Richard SINTEF MK 1 Process chemistry, physical chemistryBredesen, Rune SINTEF MK 1 Membrane technologyBrunsvold, Amy SINTEF ER 4 CO2chain analysisDillen, Menno SINTEF PR 3 Storage, monitoring and leakage of CO2Ditaranto, Mario SINTEF ER 1 Combustion, measurements in fluid flowDrum, Cato SINTEF MK 2 Structural engineering, experimental mechanicsGruber, Andrea SINTEF ER 1 CombustionGundersen, Truls NTNU 5 Process technology, pinch point analysisHenriksen, Parto SINTEF MK 1 Sequestration, gas sorptionJakobsen, Jana P. SINTEF ER 4 CO2chain analysisJordal, Kristin SINTEF ER 1 CO2capture technology, process simulationMunkejord, Svend T. SINTEF ER 2 Modeling of fluid flow

Olivier, Marie-Laure SINTEF PR 3 Reservoir engineeringRkke, Petter E. SINTEF ER 1 CombustionStensen, Jan ge SINTEF PR 3 Reservoir engineeringTorvanger, Asbjrn CICERO 4 Environmental effects of CO2Wessel-Berg, Dag SINTEF PR 3 Reservoir engineering

PH.D.STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE CENTRE BUDGET

Name Nationality Period Sex Topic

Morin, Alexandre France 2009-2013 M Mathematical modeling andnumerical simulation of two-

phase multi-component flows ofCO2mixtures in pipes

PH.D.STUDENTS WORKING IN CENTRE PROJECTS WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM

OTHER SOURCES

Name Funding Nationality Period Sex Topic

Vigen, UiO Norwegian 2009-2013 F Novel mixed proton electronCamilla conductors for hydrogen gas

separation membranes

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BOARD MEMBERS 2009

Name Company Country

Chadwick, Andy British Geological Survey UKEriksson, Kjell Det Norske Veritas NorwayMorin, Pascale TOTAL E&P France

Myhr, May Britt SINTEF Petroleum Research NorwaySolgaard Andersen, Henrik Statoil NorwaySvendsen, Hallvard NTNU NorwayViksund, Randi Isaksen Gassco AS NorwayAam, Sverre (Chairman) SINTEF Energy Research NORWAY

GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS 2009

Name Company CountryBerg Aasen, Tone Merethe NTNU Samfunnsforskning AS NorwayBritze, Peter GEUS DenmarkBe, Reidulv NGU NorwayChadwick, Andy British Geological Survey UKChristensen, Cato Shell Technology Norway NorwayEriksson, Kjell Det Norske Veritas NorwayHaarberg, Torstein SINTEF NorwayKutne, Peter DLR GermanyLindefjeld, Ole ConocoPhillips NorwayLundegaard, Valborg Aker Solutions ASA NorwayMyhr, May Britt SINTEF Petroleum Research NorwayMorin, Pascale TOTAL E&P FranceNordby, Truls University of Oslo NorwayRiis, Trygve (observer) Research Council of Norway NorwaySattelmayer, Thomas Technische Universitt Mnchen GermanySolgaard Andersen, Henrik Statoil NorwaySvendsen, Hallvard NTNU NorwaySvendsen, Pl Tore Hydro NorwayTorvanger, Asbjrn Cicero NorwayVaggen Malvik, Hvard Statkraft NorwayViksund, Randi Isaksen Gassco NorwayAam, Sverre SINTEF Energy Research Norway

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A2. ACCOUNTINGREPORT

Costs are composed of cash and in-kind contributions. All figures in NOK.

Actual costs

Personnel and indirect costs 11.965.083

Purchases of R&D services 22.506.534

Equipment 666.958

Other cocst 3.591.569

Total costs 38.730.144

Funding

Host institution 3.233.663

Private funding 16.469.481Research Council of Norway 19.000.000

Total funding 38.703.144

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A3. PUBLICATIONS

PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PAPERS

Title Author(s) ConferenceNumerical Resolution of CO2Transport Dynamics

Alexandre Morin, Peder K.Aursand, Tore Fltten, Svend T.Munkejord

SIAM Conference onMathematics for industry,October 9-10, 2009, SanFrancisco, California

BIGCCS - A centre ofexcellence targeting globalpresence

Nils Rkke The 5th Trondheim Conferenceon CO2 Capture, Transport andStorage, 16-17 June, 2009,Trondheim Norway

Hydrogen flux through selectedHTM membranes

Y. Larring, M.L.Fontaine, andR. Bredesen,

Euromembrane 2009

POPULAR SCIENCE ARTICLES

Title Author(s) Magazine

Kan karbonhandtering reddeklimaet?

Torvanger Samfunnskonomen, No. 7,2009

Nkkelen til billigere CO2-fangst

Claude Olsen, Mona J. Mlnvik Climit nyhetsbrev no. 5, 2009

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BIGCCS future technology with a greener footprint

BIGCCS Annual Report 2009 Final

Documents

Transcript of BIGCCS Annual Report 2009 Final